Sony claims the attack is unrelated to the PSN hacks, but does not deny the possibility that the leaked account data could have been used in the So-net hack.

The scope of the attack is of course fairly minor (though since So-net is a small domestic Japanese ISP, the numbers may not be quite as insignificant as they at first appear), although this is by now hardly the point.

The ISP also came under criticism for the way it made the announcement – alone amongst its press releases, the apology for the breach was not published as normal text, but instead as a gif image of the text nestled in the page, an exceptionally slimy PR/SEO tactic designed to stop the document showing up in search engines or being easily quotable.

After this was widely reported, the page mysteriously turned into normal text, but the incriminating gif still remains on their servers as of writing.

No. No. No. I do not want all my games to be americanized. You've seen what Hollywood has done with anime? Just think about the games. I like diversity, not an oligarchy. Western market is racist for not having much jrpgs in their mainland.

most of the people in the west want EA type games. they do not want to play jrpgs, just as they want to watch shitty tv and listen to shitty music. They are really just animals that line up at the trough of whatever is popular at the time.

It's not surprising since Sony fails at security and their programs can easily get hacked like crazy. Best thing to do is NOT go on PSN and just use the PS3 to either play games, browse the internet, watch a movies, or anything else that is not associated with PSN. I prefer playing my games offline anyway.

Yup repeat arguments are what the wars are about.The YLoD the PS3 has doesn't happen as often as the RRoD and unlike the RRoD,RRoD is bound to happen eventually(unless you don't touch the damn thing)on the older models.360 Elite has about the same chances of RRoD'ing as the PS3 getting YLoD(about).Sony getting hacked repeatedly clearly isn't some sort of master plan to get rid of Sony,but it's just fun to mess with people(especially since they don't stop you).Also PSN is free as a marketing ploy to get more subscribers and Microsoft charges for the money,both are legitimate business practices.

If only all those cracker/hackers grew some balls and hacked eatSHITbara accounts and funneled all his ill gotten gains into loli purchases and and "good will" accounts in Zimbabwe boy toy rentals in africa!

Well the sad part is, Sony doesn't deserve this for stopping their console from being cracked. I mean seriously... are they that idiotic to assume that they have a right to crack everything so that you can "home brew" it like.... 1% of anyone who actually does crack stuff really does?

Wanting the linux aspect back is one thing, but it was just another means for hacking it anyway.

If the article wording is to be understood, it's not that it was hacked again, it's that now that they're overhauling their security they're recognizing how bad it actually was. It's kind of like cleaning your room every year for spring cleaning. Once you get started, you just start finding stuff that was completely out of your consciousness but right in front of your face.

lol "evil electronics corps"... i believe sony isnt a charity, and they are here to make money... why else would they launch the PS3, or psp. so that you can have fun while they gain nothing? u mad bro?

The idea that they're being punished for suing geohot is what bugs me. They HAD to sue geohot after he put his name and face all over the PS3 hack. Look at the PSP for evidence. Piracy runs rampant on that system, and so publishers are wary of putting out games for it. It never reached its full potential because of piracy, and so when somebody comes out and hacks the PS3 and puts his name all over it, of course Sony is going to respond with legal action against that person if not just to prove to the publishers that they are serious about fighting piracy on their consoles. You could even look at is as a symbolic gesture, if you wanted to. The point is that if this whole thing is all about geohot, then there's no question that the people behind these attacks are 100% in the wrong.